Have Royal's next cruise rules changed?

[Morecruisesplz]

We have an old next cruise open booking. I asked our TA to book a cruise using that certificate. Royal told her we had to book it direct with Royal AND could not transfer it once booked. We used to buy these on every cruise and at the time, they were automatically assigned to the TA of record on the current cruise.

• Next Cruise Program 
• Jan 1 — Jan 2, 2039

[twangster]

I recently transferred a NextCruise open booking to a TA who then changed it to the ship and sail date I wanted. 

 

Process worked the same as transferring a direct booking.  The ship was listed as "NextCruise" while it was an open booking.

 

However this was an open booking certificate from November.

[Morecruisesplz]

So it's probably due to how long ago we bought it. Thanks, twangster!

[Coralc]

50 minutes ago, fredmdcruisers said:

So it's probably due to how long ago we bought it. Thanks, twangster!

Good to know. We have an old one too. It still has Friends & Family certificates with it. We haven't tried to use it yet. We need to find friends or family that want to cruise with us. 

[Morecruisesplz]

We just booked. They had to assign a new reservation # to get it done. I will try tomorrow to transfer to TA. (BTW, we saved $700 on the deposit because they use the NCC deposit. Get to hold on to our money for a little while.)